slackpacking

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noun

backpacking without carrying a backpack (e.g. having someone else transport the backpack using a vehicle)

Scrabble 27

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of slackpack
nounslackpacking (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebackpacking without carrying a backpack (e.g. having someone else transport the backpack using a vehicle)

    My interpretation of purist became this: pass every white blaze with my full pack, with no slackpacking.

    2012, Paul Stutzman, Hiking Through: One Man's Journey to Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail, →ISBN
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APA

slackpacking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slackpacking

MLA

“slackpacking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slackpacking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slackpacking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slackpacking.

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